Tue, 3 November 2009
Direct download: Ethan_Pollock_of_EPI_on_the_economy_11_03_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 6:14pm EDT |
Fri, 9 October 2009
Prof. Elizabeth Warren explains why a new agency is needed. Interview recorded 9/18/09, aired 9/21/09.
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Tue, 29 September 2009
Direct download: Heidi_Shierholz_on_unemployment__09_29_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:53pm EDT |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Rep. Ed Towns chairs the Oversight Committee, which is tracking the use of federal stimulus dollars.
Direct download: Rep_Ed_Towns_on_the_stimulus_program__08_05_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 8:29pm EDT |
Mon, 20 July 2009
Philip Delves Broughton says his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, promotes ideas and strategies that are harming the US economy.
Direct download: Philip_Delves_Broughton_on_Harvard_Business_School__07_20_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:15pm EDT |
Wed, 15 July 2009
Economist James K. Galbraith is one of many economists saying the first stimulus package was too small to bring about a recovery.
Direct download: James_Galbraith_on_Obama_stimulus_plan_07_15_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:29am EDT |
Mon, 6 July 2009
Sarah Ludwing of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project discusses a proposed law that would let the sharks run amok.
Direct download: Sarah_Ludwig_on_payday_lending__07_06_09.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT |
Tue, 31 March 2009
Direct download: 03_31_09_Daniel_Howes_on_the_auto_bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:06am EDT |
Thu, 26 March 2009
Economist Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzes the White House response to the economic downturn.
Direct download: 03_26_09_Dean_Baker_on_the_economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 5:17pm EDT |
Thu, 19 February 2009
Sarah Ludwig of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project explains the president's housing plan.
Direct download: 021909_Sarah_Ludwig_on_Obama_mortgage_plan.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:24pm EDT |
Wed, 18 February 2009
Direct download: 021809_Christian_Dorsey_of_EPI.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:26pm EDT |
Thu, 12 February 2009
Direct download: 021209_Michael_Grabell_of_ProPublica_on_the_stimulus_bill.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 5:16pm EDT |
Wed, 11 February 2009
Economist William Spriggs says the economic crisis can't be solved until we shore up the assets of individual households.
Direct download: 021109_William_Spriggs_on_the_economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:04pm EDT |
Tue, 10 February 2009
Direct download: 02109_Bob_Creamer_on_DC_politics.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:32am EDT |
Mon, 9 February 2009
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Thu, 5 February 2009
Tim Gilchrist, New York's Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Infrastructure, explains what federal stimulus dollars could mean for the state.
Direct download: 020509_Tim_Gilchrist_on_NY_Infrastructure_Needs.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:20am EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
We ask Daniel Griswold of the Cato Institute, author of a report on free trade who thinks "buy American" rules don't make sense.
Direct download: 020409_Daniel_Griswold_of_Cato_Institute.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:59pm EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
We talked with Frank Mauro of the Fiscal Policy Institute about what New York might do with its share of the expected federal stimulus money.
Direct download: 020409_Frank_Mauro_of_Fiscal_Policy_Institute.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT |
Wed, 4 February 2009
Pat Boone of New York ACORN explains why the group has been disrupting the auction of foreclosed properties and demanding a one-year moratorium.
Direct download: 020409_Pat_Boone_of_NY_ACORN.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:48pm EDT |
Tue, 3 February 2009
Economist Williams Spriggs of Howard University predicts 2 million jobs could be lost in the first quarter of this year alone. |
Tue, 3 February 2009
By all indications, Wall Street is paying out bonuses with taxpayer money. Ex-Wall Street banker and author Nomi Prins explains why. |
Mon, 26 January 2009
Andrew Stettner of the National Employment Law Project says recovery will take at least another year.
Direct download: 012609_Andrew_Stettner_on_unemployment.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 10:08am EDT |
Tue, 6 January 2009
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston says Obama's stimulus package must be big enough and include re-regulation of the banking industry. |
Mon, 8 December 2008
Detroit Free Press business columnist Daniel Howes says Chrysler is dead, GM is terminally sick, and Congress needs to act soon.
Direct download: 120808_Daniel_Howes_on_Auto_Industry.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 9:23pm EDT |
Wed, 26 November 2008
Direct download: 112608_Doug_Turetsky_on_NYC_Budget.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 5:57pm EDT |
Tue, 25 November 2008
Direct download: 112508_Henry_Stern_on_NY_in_the_70s.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 8:36pm EDT |
Thu, 20 November 2008
Economist William Spriggs of Howard University gives some bad news about the coming recession.
Direct download: 112008_Williams_Spriggs_on_the_Economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 2:43pm EDT |
Wed, 19 November 2008
Author Nomi Prins says a car industry bailout, like the money given to big banks, will only save jobs if we keep an eye on Congress and the CEOs.
Direct download: 11_19_08_Interview_with_Nomi_Prins__Should_auto_giants_get_bailed_out.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 1:30pm EDT |
Tue, 18 November 2008
Kim Bobo, author of Wage Theft in America, shows how wage theft takes billions from working people every year.
Direct download: 111808_Kim_Bobo_on_Wage_Theft.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 12:33pm EDT |
Mon, 17 November 2008
James Hughes, Dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy gave a gloomy assessment of the duration and depth of the economic downturn.
Direct download: 111708_James_Hughes_of_Rutgers.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:56pm EDT |
Tue, 28 October 2008
Vicki Been, Executive Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, talked with Errol about the local impact of the foreclosure crisis. |
Wed, 15 October 2008
Author Robert Kuttner joined us to talk about Obama's Challenge, his book that argues the economic crisis gives Barack Obama the opportunity to be a great president.
Direct download: Robert_Kuttner_on_how_to_fix_the_economy.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 10:58pm EDT |
Tue, 14 October 2008
A day after markets rallied, we talked with Jack Gage of Forbes Magazine about whether the bailout is working.
Direct download: 101408_Jack_Gage_on_economic_crisis.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 10:20pm EDT |
Wed, 8 October 2008
We talked about the economic crisis with David Cay Johnston, author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).
Direct download: 100808_David_Johnston_on_the_economic_crisis.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 7:08pm EDT |
Tue, 7 October 2008
Fresh from a televised clash with a right-wing talk show host, Robert Kuttner joined us to talk about how a potential Barack Obama presidency might bring America through the economic crisis.
Direct download: 100708_Robert_Kuttner_on_the_economic_crisis.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 1:49pm EDT |
Mon, 6 October 2008
Prof. James K. Galbraith gave a skeptical appraisal of the federal bailout and explained why suddenly cutting government spending will only make things worse.
Direct download: 100608_James_Galbraith_on_the_economic_crisis.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 10:58am EDT |
Wed, 1 October 2008
Rounding out our look at the bailout, Congressman Charlie Rangel of Harlem described the debate and vote - and says spending $700 billion shouldn't stop the next president and Congress from investing in education, infrastructure and other basic needs.
Direct download: 100108_Charlie_Rangel_on_the_bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 2:50pm EDT |
Wed, 1 October 2008
Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, says the middle class and small businesses face "extreme hardship" if the bailout bill fails -- and that the true cost of the bill could be less than half of the $700 billion the politicians say they need.
Direct download: 100108_Jim_Horney_says_bailout_may_not_cost_so_much.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 2:44pm EDT |
Wed, 1 October 2008
Today's look at the economics of the bailout began with Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute explaining why the bailout is needed.
Direct download: 100108_Ross_Eisenbrey_on_bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT |
Mon, 29 September 2008
On the day of a key congressional vote, we talked with David Arkush of Public Citizen's Congress Watch about the politics of the bailout.
Direct download: 092908_David_Arkush_on_financial_bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 11:34am EDT |
Sun, 28 September 2008
We spoke to Nomi Prins, Senior Fellow at the progressive public policy organization Demos, an ex-investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. She has a short article about the bailout here and a great timeline of the crisis here.
Direct download: 092408_Nomi_Prins_on_Wall_Street_Bailout.mp3
Category:economic crisis -- posted at: 3:38am EDT |